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9/11Monkey Baker at U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama
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On May 28, 1958, Jupiter Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile provided by U.S. Army team in Huntsville, Alabama, launched a nose cone carrying Baker, a South American squirrel monkey and Able, an American-born rhesus monkey. Baker, pictured here and commonly known as "Miss Baker", was later given a home at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center until her death on November 29, 1984. Able died in 1958. (Photo - Courtesy of Huntsville/Madison County Public Library)
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- 2009-11-18 23:33:16
- Identifier
- MSFC-9806174
- Insightuid
- nasaNAS~9~9~61697~165544
- Source
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http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=1895
- What
- Jupiter
- Where
- Alabama
- Year
- 1958
